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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Trump pushes out Biden’s AI hires designed to look for ways to improve government efficiency

Hundreds of workers hired under the Biden administration and tasked with using artificial intelligence to find ways to improve government efficiency were fired under the Trump administration, despite its focus being on government efficiency and expanding AI.

As part of the Trump administration’s efforts to get rid of swaths of government employees and reimagine the federal workforce in President Donald Trump’s vision, most of the roughly 200 AI technology experts hired in the final year and a half of Biden’s presidency have been let go, Time reported.

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